CATEGORY 10: PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Requirements

One course

Three credits

Goals

To improve students' understanding of today's complex environmental challenges.
Students will examine the interrelatedness of human society and the natural
environment. Knowledge of both bio-physical principles and socio-cultural systems
is the foundation for integrative and critical thinking about environmental
issues.

Critical Thinking

The practice of critical thinking skills associated with environmental awareness,
including ability to gather and apply factual information, recognition and articulation
of the value assumptions made by ourselves and others, consciousness of possible
bias in factual information.

Student Competencies

Students will be able to:

explain the basic structure and function of various natural ecosystems and
of human adaptive strategies within those systems.

discern patterns and interrelationships of bio-physical and socio-cultural
systems.

SCI 2925: Science Perspective
(3 credits)THSP 2925: Communication Perspective
(3 credits)OTHERS:
All-University course numbers 1958 and 2958 are available to any department for use as study-travel courses and will satisfy this category (requires approval by the People and the Environment director).